He was accused of fixing the match between his club and minor club Valenciennes and was sentenced in 1995 to two years in prison, including eight months non-suspended and three years of deprivation of his civic rights. Did Bernard Tapie really go to prison ?īernard Tapie had to face Justice many times throughout his life and was even condemned to prison several times, although the only time he was actually incarcerated was following the corruption scandal around the Olympique de Marseille football club. He only stopped his involvement in politics in 1995 following more legal problems, and not because his wife had an issue with it (as it is depicted in Class Act). In the following years, he remained in politics and was a member of the National Assembly before becoming a European deputy. What the Netflix series doesn't show, however, is that after being forced to resign due to legal issues, Tapie was asked to return to the Ministry of City Affairs a few months later, in 1992. As seen in the series, Tapie did become Minister of City Affairs under the government of Pierre Bérégovoy during François Mitterand's presidency.
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